"Boss, I'm sorry to disturb your rest at this time, but I have to tell you about it!"

The call came from Winterdur, in Los Angeles. 【Reading.com】

"Hey, Lao Wen, we shouldn't have been in touch for a long time, you didn't disturb my rest, it's afternoon on my side, you forgot about the jet lag."

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile that since Lao Wen became the manager of the Concord Company in the United States, he has been working diligently for the company's good surname operation, but the pace of development of the Concord Branch in the United States in the past few years is not very large, it is not that Lao Wen has not made suggestions in this regard, he wants to sign a few actors with good acting skills and box office appeal for Concord Company, but they are all denied by himself, because in his subconscious, he also has to sign actors who can become popular in the future, such as Stallone This is a super potential stock.

This once made Winterdur furious, because Concord's branch in the United States has been established for a few years, and only Stallone has signed an actor, and Concord, which has won four statuettes, is actually a leather bag company, who would believe it?

Wang Xiaohu thinks that Winterdur will provide a list of actors this time, and he joked at the moment: "Old Wen, are there any potential stocks to recommend?" ”

"No, that's not the case." Winterdur's voice was a little tired, and it was clear that he was in such a bad mood that he had forgotten even the most basic common sense that there was a time difference between Hong Kong and the United States.

"Boss, there's something big wrong with George!" Winterdur was a little short of breath as he said this, and he said in an aggravated tone on the other side of the phone: "He's sick, hell! And he's in a bad situation, the post-production of Star Wars is at an impasse, and the whole Industrial Light & Magic is now like a fly without a head! ”

"What do you say? Old Wen, you're not kidding! Wang Xiaohu was surprised: "Isn't "Star Wars" already three-fifths of the post-production, even if George is ill, post-production should be carried out in an orderly manner." ”

"That's exactly what I have to tell you!" Winterdur sighed and said, "May God forgive me, it's not that I'm going to speak ill of George, in fact George is still a bit withdrawn in terms of his surname, he has never been a director who is known for being good at communicating with actors and encouraging his subordinates, which is not as good as you, especially in Star Wars." Mark. Hamill once complained to me, "If you could make a movie without an actor, I think George would be happy to do it." ”

"Not only for the actors, but also when communicating with the special effects department, in order to reduce the need for communication, Lucas made three rubber stamps to knock on the design sketches sent by the special effects department. 'Awesome' means 'awesome', 'ok' means 'needs to be reworked', and 'not so great' means 'give me a new lease on top', boss, I'd love to say it's going to drive people crazy! ”

Winterdur's voice continued to come on the transatlantic phone, Wang Xiaohu listened quietly, his brows gradually wrinkled, it is obvious that our Lucas director is not in a very good state now, and he can even use Lao Wen's words: very bad! It's so bad that you can't think about it.

After being silent for a long time, Wang Xiaohu asked, "Old Wen, when did this matter start?" ”

"About two weeks ago, when the crew returned to Los Angeles after filming a set of scenes on location in Tunisia, George's temper began to be a little irritable after coming back!"

"Didn't you ask why?" Wang Xiaohu asked curiously.

"I asked, but George didn't tell me the reason, I still got the news from others, it seems that their reshoot in Tunisia is not very smooth, according to George's assumption, the first few action scenes filmed in Tunisia are not well edited, George once said confidently before going: What I really want to do is a modern action fantasy drama."

But the day's shooting plan was disrupted by the sudden pouring rain, and the filming equipment and even the big trucks were washed into the surrounding river. Eventually, the rain stopped, but the sandstorms followed again and continued for a full week. The crew's diet and living conditions plummeted, almost all of them suffered from gastrointestinal diseases of varying degrees, Lucas was also one of the sick ones, and after he returned, he invited a few friends in the industry to watch the first cut of the wool, but was criticized for being useless, and since then his temper has been irritable. ”

"Star Wars" condenses George. Lucas's more than three years of hard work and childhood dreams, the rough cut version was criticized by friends in the industry, and it was a normal reaction to be unable to accept it for a while. No director can accept such feedback, and the more times like this, the more he needs the help and support of his friends.

"Old Wen, how is George's health now?" Wang Xiaohu asked after pondering for a long time.

"God willing, after Maria's careful care, his body is recovered, but when I went to visit him last night, I found that he is not in good spirits, maybe he needs a good rest." Winterdur sighed repeatedly.

"You're right, George is now at a low ebb and lack of confidence, and then three blows in a row have made him unable to withstand the pressure from all sides." Wang Xiaohu thought about it and said: "So, Lao Wen, don't care about the post-production progress of "Star Wars" during this time, tell everyone to take a good vacation, after all, it will be the New Year soon." As for the so-called movies, let's go to hell first, let everyone get a salary and have a good year is what we need to do now, everyone is too nervous! ”

"Okay!" Winterdur doesn't have a good way either.

"In addition, tell George, if he can still wander around, let him and Maria come to Hong Kong for a vacation, it will be the Spring Festival soon, and you can convey the invitation for me."

Lucas is the soul of "Star Wars", if the soul strikes now, then "Star Wars" will also fall into a stage of stagnation, this is not something Wang Xiaohu wants to see, he knows that the more he can't put any pressure on Lucas at this time, what he has to do now is to decompress him, let him regain the passion and state of work.

Instead of leaving Lucas depressed at home, he invited him to Hong Kong as a friend, and there were some things he had to talk to Lucas face-to-face. And Maria in Wang Xiaohu's mouth is Lucas's wife and one of the editors of "Star Wars".

On New Year's Day in 1977, the Spring Festival file of Hong Kong films began to kick off. I want to win the love of most of the audience as soon as it appeared, and it cannot be said that Wu Siyuan is more daring than Li Hanxiang, among which Shao Yinyin's several pictures are also of a third-level high level in later generations. After a week of release, it actually got a box office result of 1.2 million, Wu Siyuan was happy, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw were also happy, breaking 1.2 million in the first week shows that its stamina will be extraordinary, the higher the box office results, the more dividends the theater will get, which is what many theater owners are most willing to see.

Theaters in Hong Kong also arranged for the release of several movies such as "Jumping Ashes" on New Year's Day, and what shocked Wang Xiaohu was that this "Jumping Ashes" actually had the shadow of the founding of a Hong Kong police film.

Jumping ash is the meaning of retail drugs, according to the literal meaning, this movie must be related to drugs, Wang Xiaohu watched it in his own theater, and he was even more sure that the film was the originator of Hong Kong police and gangster films. The plot of this movie is very simple, that is, the big drug lord grabs land with others and other people, and then the young police officer impulsively pursues the drug lord, but is scolded by his boss, and then endures humiliation and ambushes day and night to finally win the big drug lord, but the boss takes the credit for himself.

Such a plot makes Wang Xiaohu feel so familiar, isn't Jackie Chan's masterpiece "Police Story" a remake of "Jumping Ashes"?

And there are many things that attract Wang Xiaohu to this film, such as the theme song "Big Husband" is written by Huang Zhan, composed by Liu Jiachang, and sung by Guan Zhengjie, these three are old partners. Moreover, there is the name of Xiao Fangfang in the director and starring, and I didn't expect that "Miao Cuihua" would have such a talent, which really surprised Wang Xiaohu.

What surprised Wang Xiaohu even more was still to come, because the killer in "Jumping Ashes" turned out to be an acquaintance - Chen Huimin!

Speaking of Chen Huimin, everyone may not have much impression, but if you talk about the Dongxing boss camel in "Crazy Boy", the gangster boss in "Dragon in the Rivers and Lakes", Brother Hong Xingbiao in "Buying Murder and Shooting People", and the bus boss in "Can't Forget", I believe many people will have a rough outline of Chen Huimin's appearance.

And Chen Huimin's identity is also complicated, the probability of him dropping out of school to join Hong Kong is wrong, and then he has been a prison guard for a few years, and he has been a royal Hong Kong policeman.

Of course, the reason why he became an acquaintance is because Wang Xiaohu had seen Chen Huimin in 14k, and he also has a little-known identity - a 14k double-flower red stick, and he is currently working hard under Xu Long. And Xu Long is a nail planted by the old man Shen Zhongshen in the Yueben Yamaguchi Group, and Chen Huimin naturally has a close relationship with the members of the Yueben Yamaguchi Group.

is such a person with a complicated identity, and he actually became an actor, which made Wang Xiaohu a little crying and laughing.

Just when Wang Xiaohu was speculating about when Hong Kong Binbin Film Company came out, Shen Zhong took Wang Hongxing and Chen Huimin to visit.

Seeing Chen Huimin, and then looking at Shen Zhong and Wang Hongxing, who didn't dare to breathe behind him, Wang Xiaohu frowned, and a strange thought suddenly rose in his heart, and before he asked, Shen Zhong had already solved the mystery: "Xiaohu, how about our 14k movie is good, right?" ”

"Ugh!" Wang Xiaohu said in his heart, sure enough! Sure enough, community organizations began to enter the entertainment industry, but unexpectedly, the first club to enter the entertainment industry was not Xiang Huaqiang of New Yi'an, but his own old bean Shen Zhong, is this the butterfly effect?

"No wonder I feel that the scene of the club fight in this movie is more realistic, and I first thought it was a club member hired by the crew, but I didn't think I was very wrong" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

(To be continued)